The Red Hot Chili Peppers won seven Grammy awards and sold 60 million albums worldwide in their long career. Singer Anthony Kiedis has been with the band from the beginning — when the boys were just high school friends in L.A. Here’s what you need to know about the 51-year-old who is still rocking out after all these years and ready to take the stage at today’s Super Bowl.

1. His Father Introduced Him to Drugs at Age 4

The young singer snorted heroin and shot cocaine at his father’s home before he turned 15.He told Rolling Stone,

The first time I smoked pot, I was with my dad, and to me, it just seemed like I’d landed in this magical kingdom where anything was possible. I got stoned, and my father had a girl over at the house, and she didn’t have her shirt on. I said to myself, you know, “How lucky could a boy be?” At the time, I thought I was the luckiest kid on the block.

The rampant drug use caught up with him. In 2008, the Daily News reported that he was a frequent patient at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai, battling kidney disease.

Whether he’s recollecting the influence of the beautiful, strong women who have been his muses, or retracing a journey that has included appearances as diverse as a performance before half a million people at Woodstock or an audience of one at the humble compound of the exiled Dalai Lama, Kiedis shares a compelling story about the price of success and excess.

Collider reported that the memoir is being developed for TV. The project is being executive-produced by Kiedis and former Entourage executive producers Mike Benson and Marc Abrams, and Enlightened executive producer Jason Weinberg.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been pushing the limits of rock music for over 30 years. Now, they are changing the face of football with a performance at this year's Superbowl. Here's what you need to know about the band that has an interesting, yet tumultuous history.

Angela Barbutistarted her reporting career in the seventh grade at her middle school newspaper in Queens. She covers celebrities, movies and television for Heavy. She's had lunch with Tony Danza, and Dave Franco said he liked her accent. Reach her at angela@heavy.com or follow her on Twitter @angciao.February 2, 2014 10:41 am